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Netflix has pulled a Chinese drama series from its Vietnam platform after Hanoi objected to an episode featuring a map with contested territorial claims in the South China Sea.The 27-episode romance drama Shine on Me includes images of the so-called nine-dash line which Vietnam has condemned as “inaccurate” and “infringing upon national sovereignty”.China uses the line in its maps to demarcate its territorial claims in the South China Sea. Vietnam is one of many countries that object to these claims.Vietnam’s culture ministry issued a demand for the series to be removed on 3 January and gave Netflix 24 hours to…
Theo LeggettBusiness CorrespondentGetty ImagesIndustry discounts for electric vehicles are “unsustainable”, a major motoring group has warned, as the number of new cars registered in the UK exceeded two million last year for the first time since the pandemic.Nearly 500,000 of the new cars sold were electric, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).SMMT chief executive, Mike Hawes, welcomed what he called a “reasonably solid result amid tough economic and geopolitical headwinds”.But electric car sales were still not increasing fast enough to meet official targets, he said, warning of a growing gap between consumer demand and…
Marcus Rashford is now ‘highly likely’ to return to Man Utd in the summer after Ruben Amorim was sacked by the Premier League club, according to reports. Rashford was allowed to leave Old Trafford on loan to Catalan giants Barcelona in the summer transfer window after he spent the second half of last season on loan at Premier League rivals Aston Villa. There have been noises that the England international would like to stay on at Barcelona past the end of the season with the La Liga side having an option to make the deal permanent in the summer. However,…
Shokz may have made its name with bone-conduction headsets, but the company has also built open-style earbuds in recent years. At CES 2026, the company is debuting its most recent model, the OpenFit Pro, which combines effective noise reduction with Dolby Atmos support in a premium set of wireless buds. As the name suggests, these sit outside of your ears, secured by an over-the-ear hook, so that you can stay in tune with your surroundings at all times.To me, the main appeal of the OpenFit Pro is the new Noise Reduction Mode that acts as a bit of active noise…
The leaders of West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council will be grilled by MPs later over a decision not to allow Israeli football fans to attend a match in the city last year.The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa in November was criticised by the prime minister and other politicians, some of whom suggested it amounted to antisemitism.BBC News has obtained a letter from the Dutch police inspectorate in December, which appears to contradict claims made by West Midlands Police about Maccabi fans’ previous behaviour, which were used to justify the ban.West…
There’s a surprising amount of sympathy for Ruben Amorim after his sacking by Man Utd as the board gets a kicking. Send your thoughts on Man Utd and other subjects (we are saving some Liverpool mails for later) to theeditor@football365.com. Maresca for Amorim? We heard about swap deals for players, but how about a manager swap to kick 2026 off? Maresca is out of job and apparently interested in moving to Manchester. Sending Amorim the other way would solve everybody’s problems and the entertainment could continue… András, Gunner, Sweden Man Utd and ‘staggering levels of stupidity’ I was…
Garmin’s big announcement for CES 2026 wasn’t another fitness watch. Instead, it revealed it is adding food (and calorie) tracking to its Connect app. It combines AI image recognition with a rich food database, so you can monitor your calorie and nutrient intake without leaving the app — and even log some food through its watches.The food tracking works similarly to existing apps like MyFitnessPal, Noom, LifeSum and many others. Still, Garmin hopes to make its companion app the best place for tracking nutrition without having to leave its app – and tying it into your other fitness goals.This makes…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump’s second term is being shaped by his foreign policy ambitions. He’s followed through on threats against Venezuela by capturing its president and his wife from their heavily fortified Caracas compound in a dramatic overnight raid.When describing the operation, Trump dusted off the 1823 Monroe Doctrine and its promise of US supremacy in the western hemisphere – re-branding it the “Donroe Doctrine”.Here are some of the warnings he’s made against other nations in Washington’s orbit in recent days.GreenlandThe US already has a military base on Greenland – Pituffik Space Base – but Trump wants the whole…
Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergBBCAny big red box moment is risky.And for a government disliked by millions there’s peril at every turn.Now the chancellor’s big choices are out there, what’s the best-case scenario for Reeves and Starmer, and what’s the worst that could happen next?On the positive side of the ledger, Labour MPs have gone off to their constituencies in a better mood this week. That is in large part down to the chancellor’s decision to scrap the limit on bigger families getting some extra benefits.The prime minister will revel in the argument for scrapping the cap in a…
A full Premier League fixture list? At this time of the year? In this part of the week? All to be played entirely within 72 hours? We hope you’re prepared for an unforgettable midweek. It’s the best time of the season, really, and with the FA Cup third round taking place this weekend, there’s something to tickle the tastebuds of every English football fan. Arsenal, Liverpool and managerless Manchester United are among those who headline the latest Big Midweek. Game to watch: Arsenal v Liverpool This is a fixture that speaks for itself, with two of the Premier League’s…